Projects in Action
I’m Your Biggest Fan: A Fan Fiction Writing Project
An ELA teacher creates a new PBL unit for her 8th graders, and sees the results.
PBL Blog
Before the PBL Classroom Empties: 4 Practices That Document Learning and Inform What's Next
The end of the school year is always full. There are showcases to prepare, final assessments to complete, and report cards to
Recent Blogs
General PBL
PBL World Keynote: Zaretta Hammond on Culturally Responsive Teaching
The author of Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain will be joining us in June 2020.
How-to Tips and Tools
Why I Scrum: Using a Project Management Tool for PBL
A teacher explains how he and his students keep track of multi-step projects.
How-to Tips and Tools
Measuring Student Success Skills – Critical Thinking, Part 2: Teaching
3 research-based insights to help guide the teaching of critical thinking in PBL.
How-to Tips and Tools
Don’t Ditch the Rigor When the Going Gets Rough
Advice from a teacher about not giving up key features of a project, even if implementation challenges arise.
How-to Tips and Tools
5 Breakthroughs to Overcome the PBL Plateau Effect
How to make sure projects stay fresh and maintain students’ enthusiasm.
PBL and Equity
High-Quality PBL as an Equity Imperative
How the six criteria for a student’s experience of high-quality PBL can advance racial equity.
Gold Standard PBL: Teaching Practices
A PBL Teacher’s Winter Break Reflection
How a teacher reflected on her teaching practice by focusing on one student, one skill, and the joys of teaching.
Gold Standard PBL: Teaching Practices
Designing Projects with Students, Not for Them
How middle school students and teachers planned a STEM project focused on community issues.